Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-19
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY, l9. 1887
LOCAL NEWS.

d5iendent. The recent rain extended across the autire breadth of Arizona and New. Mex | ico. and was especially heavy in the Sul- phur Spring and San Simon valleys.
 4 younger brother of Mir. Max Zier has inst arrived from the Fstherland, to remain in Arizona and grow up with the prandest country on earth.
 The Pioneer Hose Company propose 10 celebrate the 22d in good shape. This IS the date engraved on the blade 3t one of their little hstchets. It com rlenorstes the birth of their orgRniZs- tiCu.
 The rain, small as it was. will do much rood on the stock ranges If the weather keeps warm. The young grass will ap- pear ID a few days and clOthe the hills ln a mantle of emerald.
 MT. J. Mclaughlin, of Franklin, Indiana, is in the city, visiting Col. slater. He contemplRtes making some Investments ID this portion of the Terri tory before returning tO his home.
 The poplar trees on our streets have commenced to put forth their leRves, which indicates sn early spring. The city of Tucson. although three hun dred years old, has not ss many trees on all of its streets as Allen street has sione, We're American, you know Epitaph.
 The two candidates for the Governor ship of Sonora are Lorrenzo Torres and jose Maria MsytorenG. The former is a brother Of the prefect killed a. Moctu
 a.-- a He ls the government candidate and his election IS a foregone conclusion. The result will be announced in April.
 The report IS current that the Hum boidt mining company has been reor- gauized and reincorpOrsted, and that 100000 additional shares of stock have been put on the St. Louis market Work was recently stopped at the mine bu 1t is understood that the camp will son be livelIer than ever, as other ma. clinery will be put up and an addition lL number of men be put to work.
 Under the new time schedule of the S8ut1ern Pacific railroad, travellers com. ing from points north of DemInR over tLs Atchisoa, Topeka and Santa Fe road age compelled to remain at DemlL g sFan:y-twO hours. her } is already 6 dense halo of profanity surrounding that station.
 A special. postal agent has been looking into the mall fire gulRrities between thIs cl.y and Noga!es. IT his investigation remedies the existing difficulties in the transmission of the mails to and from that point he will receive the hearty thanks of the CITIZEN and many of its readers.
 Nr.B. c. Parker received a telegram from 0. II. Strauss this morning stating that he was well and never felt better ID his life This ruts Q quietus on the f-U- -egort circulated yesterday that he had made application for admission at Che heavenly gates and had been denied entrance by St. Peter, who demanded of Li-a certificate of serVility from Zuhck and as Strauss could not produce, was told to apply elsewhere,
 4he Tucson band of holiness vi !. it IS sad. arrive in Tombstone to-day. Olt cs sheer curiosity we desire to see them, aa anything human which could run the gauntlet a. Tucson and come out un- ec-stched, surely must be an angelic creature. We admit thRt they might have some kind of q show with the Star rna0, but when they tackled Brown of the CITIZEN, humanity just simply stands Bghast awaiting the dread result. -EpItaph.
 Ralph Marx one day last week was vacclnsted here by Dr. Ross and ieii the slc5nd or third day afterwards for his hone ir San Francisco with a sore arm. F-5m 8 private telegram II IS learned tl-t be became SO sick from the effacts O. tbe vaccination that he was compelled G. stop of in Tucson, and is now lying v-r il there. He Is unable to deter ure winch is the worst, his vaccination o- the smallpox. with a slight preference fr the latter.-Nogales News.
 The Reverend G. H. Adams has realized bv ,he sale of part of hIs PherIx estate to l.. F. Kellner for S4,2OO. He yet holds a Unable tract near the town, and in c cnsequence to it's proximity 10 the bus iEa5s center, II k regarded as more val a. .als than that already disposed of. Be si es hls landed estate the reverend gentleman has valuable water rights Tn tl- Grand Canal. which carries the larg- e-. bcdy of water n Salt river valley ; ver Belt,
 sIe-srs. A. E. Smallwood, W. II. St. John, Ii Warren and Dan Martin have been at work for the last month on 2 new canal which heads on the Salt river down near the Nc Donald place. The canal is t0 carry 5000 inches of water and will cover 40 sections of good land. Its out come will be at or near the Agua Fria. on the Yuma road, There IS always a large d1v of water at the point where they dI- vert it, a reef of rocks throwing it to the surface just above them. They expect to have II doneiD time for 6 crop next scas1D.-PbeniI Herald.
 TUo new lodges of A. O, U. ". ., have been instituted since the adjournment of the Grand Lodge last Thursday. On Saturday night Upchurch Lodge No. 2S was instituted at Trinidad. Colorado, by Ds1rt.es Chris, WisgRnd, of Las Vegas, Rud Geo. ". Brown of this city, with 30 charter members; on Tuesday night Sil- ver City Lodge No. :, st Silver City, New Mexico, was instituted by Past Grand Master Geo, w Brown, with 22 charter members. The newly elected grand officers intend to push the mem bership up to 4O00 before the next meet ing o3 the Grand Lodge.
 It is learned from good authority that the indebtedness of COchIse county is about the same as that Of Pima, and If this end of the county was attached to Coclise, carrying its proportionate part of Pima's debt, It would be great deal more. So wake up cihZens and head of She petition recently sent to the legislature from here. Take some kind of steps immediately or it will be too late. Don't lay still supposing bill won. pass, dumping us out of Pimas frylug pan into the Cochise fire, but so to work Rnd inform our Legislators that the petition vas 0 mistake.-NogRles N5w=.
 Jos. SresoyIch well known hereAbouts, has opened a wholesale and retail com issila house n Los Angeles, California. Forersa, domestic, green and dried fruits he handles in bulk or ID lots to suit heavy and light purchasers. Cal fornIa pears. oranges and lemons, New York apples, nuts and cider are among his Epecialues. Joe" is full of enter prlss and push and always plays a win ming hand. His packing house on the corler of Eighth and San Pedro streets is a busy place. Orders from every DOT tion gre received and carefully filled. The CITIZEN takes pleasure Tn calling attention to his lad" which apprises